Larry at Larry's Images.com: 7/24/11

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Frog's sounds

Green Frog

This frog sat there for the longest time. I am unsure if he was watching me or not. He was close and he did something I have never observed before. I knew they did it but I have not observed it. He made his call. Listen to recording. (If you scroll down past the notices that the web site is down, you will come to the "green frog" text which is linked to the file.) Listen for my imitation. Let me know if you can pick it out. It was a little tricky to capture it with the camera. I could not observe any behavior which indicated that he was about to do it. My reflexes were not fast enough to make the shot when he did it. I received some help from him though. Sometimes he did two in a row and my slow reflexes caught the second one. That is how I made this capture.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A new technique (for me) in shooting the American Goldfinch.

American Goldfinch

I thought of this the other day and tried it. I used it this morning to capture these images. It goes like this:

Get setup far enough from the bird so that you do not stress it. I use my camera on a monopod to support and steady the telephoto lens. I take a few shots, and move up. The way I move up does not frighten the bird. I keep my face behind the camera trying to watch the bird through the view finder as I move. I lift the camera just enough that I can drag the monopod along. That is not much lifting. If I lift it too high, I find that the bird will fly. I move up a little and take a few more shots. I move up a little more and take a few more. I think that the key here is work your way up without frightening the bird.

American Goldfinch

As you can see, I was able to get close enough for a nice shot. The bird can be aware of my presence but seem to stay comfortable as long as something is between them and me.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Frog Update

Frog Unknown

Remember this little guy? I made a shot the other day which makes me wonder if he is a bullfrog.

American Bullfrog

The thing that bothered me about that "little guy" was the underside. I realized that I don't usually see that side of the frogs in the vernal pool. In the above picture, the underside pattern if not the color is similar to the "little guy." The field book shots that I have seen show a solid yellow underside for the bullfrog. Could the "little guy" be a young bullfrog? If you know, please tell me.

American Bullfrog

I don't suppose people would want a frog picture in their house but I think this one might suffice if anyone did. What about a teacher and a classroom? I could make this into a poster.